Event Strategy & Design
Shameka Jennings on Member Engagement
Within a month of earning her DES certification in 2017, thanks to a scholarship provided by Meetings + Conventions Calgary, Shameka Jennings found a way to put her training to work.
Ideas Worth Spreading — and Funding
TED has just announced The Audacious Project, which will apply a startup funding model to bold, new philanthropic projects each year, and the big unveil will take place at TED2018.
4 No-Cost Ways to Get More From Your Speakers
You invest a lot in your speakers. Help them deliver greater impact by agreeing to a few engagement strategies.
How Event Farm Cultivates Empathy
This event-marketing software company grasps what their event-planning clients need and want by putting on their own events.
A Next-Gen Approach to Event Design That Doesn’t Rely on Millennials
How one association project manager found inspiration for a long-term digital-event strategy close to home.
Could Micropayments Add up to Big Bucks for Your Live-Streaming?
The National Basketball Association is testing a new 99-cent live-streaming program. It’s a model that could help your digital programs score big.
How — and Why — You Should Include Patients at Medical Meetings
Medical associations that invite patients onto their stages and into their conference-planning committees are finding that patients are a virtue.
Don’t Just Talk Amongst Yourselves
How a global wellness meeting stays vibrant by cross-pollinating its attendees.
Is There an Easier Way to Book Small Meetings?
If WeWork was crossed with Airbnb, it might look a lot like Bizly.
The Role of Meetings in the Rise of the Selfie
Is the selfie an unintended consequence of meeting technology?
Manels, the Gender Avenger is Coming After You
Activists take aim at male-dominated speaker line-ups.
Keep Your Online Attendees Engaged and Make Your Stakeholders Say No
One corporate event organizer’s two-step method for ensuring success at live — and soon-to-be digital — events.